Ghana: Parliament Directs Gender Ministry to Submit Report On Missing Orphans

press release

The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has given the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection a two week ultimatum to submit to the House a report on the whereabouts of some 23 children who went missing in private orphanages.

The speaker's directive follows concerns raised by Members of Parliament during the consideration of a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Performance Audit conducted by the Auditor General on the Regulation of Residential Homes for Children (Orphanages) by the Department of Social Welfare (DSW).

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